Round 5, 1978 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 29 April 1978, 2:10pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 11 | 44 | 68 | 110 |
| Essendon | 33 | 71 | 85 | 93 |
Crowd 20,328. Coaches: Don McKenzie and Barry Davis. Umpires: Rowan Sawers, Jim Chapman.
| Wayne Foreman | 42 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Alan Stoneham | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Ted Whitten | 22 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Mick Kelly | 11 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Gary Dempsey | 24 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| Kelvin Templeton | 31 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Geoff Jennings | 25 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ian Dunstan | 32 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Hawkins | 7 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ross Abbey | 30 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Terry Wheeler | 35 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Lee Perussich | 23 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Edmond | 20 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Angelo Tantsis (debut) | 48 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ian Morrison | 8 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Alby Smedts | 17 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brian Wilson (debut) | 40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| John Reid | 33 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ian Hampshire | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Robert Groenewegen | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Allan Davis | 29 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Max Crow | 31 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Shane Heard | 9 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Marsh | 37 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Terry Cahill | 20 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Ken Fletcher | 21 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Merv Neagle | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Garry Foulds | 10 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Russell Muir | 42 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Tim Watson | 32 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Peter Bennett | 38 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Bernie Jones | 14 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| Ron Andrews | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wayne Primmer | 15 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Simon Madden | 27 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Geoff Burdett | 7 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Colin Boyd | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Terry Daniher | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Michael Sheldon | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steven Taubert | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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170 meetings: Footscray 72, Essendon 96, 2 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 34 · crowd 38,786
Western Bulldogs by 93 · crowd 29,367
Western Bulldogs by 91 · crowd 47,266
Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
Western Bulldogs by 41 · crowd 43,634
Western Bulldogs by 32 · crowd 33,677